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Seven students recognized for Honors projects at St. Bonaventure

May 12, 2014 |

Seven students were recognized for their Honors projects during St. Bonaventure University’s Honors Ceremony on Saturday, and all received Honors Degrees on Sunday at Commencement. {Learn more about their projects and view slideshows of their presentations at www.sbu.edu/HonorsProjects}
The students and their Honors projects are:

Simone Bernstein, a social entrepreneurship and altruism major from St. Louis, Mo. Her project explored the mindset of Generation Y and how to get them involved in societal change; analyzed the skills necessary to be a social entrepreneur; and presented solutions for a variety of problems facing a social entrepreneur.

Chloe A. Farmer, a double major in psychology and English from Honeoye Falls, N.Y. Her study examined whether participants would rate a work of art lower on scales of talent, value, appreciation, and success if they believed the artist was suffering from a mental illness, and if the severity of the mental illness would have an even greater negative effect on perception of art.

Sarah E. Hicks, a philosophy pre-law major from Cassadaga, N.Y. Her project examined the history of appointed legal counsel and considered alternative solutions. She concluded that a system of unbundled legal services may prove to be the most viable option, granting the advantages of assistance from counsel as well as those from reformation of pro se representation procedures.

Amy Jarrell, a special and elementary education major from West Berlin, N.J. She created and implemented lesson plans that focused on the integration of art and mathematics in two elementary classrooms and created a website that included her research on the benefits of art integration, descriptions and printable versions of my lesson plans, student work samples, a chart of the standards used in the lessons, and other resources for elementary school teachers.

Taylor Phillips, a psychology major from Oswego, N.Y. Her project tested the effectiveness of emolabeling — emotional correlates of health (i.e., healthy=happy label, unhealthy=sad label) — to promote healthy food choices in children ages 3 to 11. In all, emolabeling effectively influenced food choices for healthy foods, more so than labeling for taste, social norms, and branding.

Matthew F. Schweiger, a psychology major from Barton. N.Y. His study attempted to clarify the relationship between collegiate sports and deviant behavior by taking into consideration a distinction relatively absent from the literature: club sports. He concluded that the distinction between club teams and division (varsity) teams should be made when examining the relationship between student athletes and substance abuse, but not aggressive behavior.

Faris Zuraikat, a psychology major from Indiana, Pa. His project tested if proximity of a food or preference for a food influences intake in a competitive food environment in which one low-calorie/low-fat (apple slices) and one high-calorie/high-fat (buttered popcorn) food was available in the same environment. The results support the hypothesis that making a low-calorie food more proximate will reduce total energy intake and increase intake of a low-calorie food, even when a higher-calorie and more preferred food is also available, but less proximate.

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